Get behind SES and wear orange on Wednesday | photos – Port Stephens Examiner

8 May 2017, 12:30 p.m.

Get a selfie with a SES volunteer on Wednesday and upload it to social media with #ThankYouSES.

The orange jumpsuit that State Emergency Service (SES)members wear is familiar and comfortingin times of crisis.

But when mother nature is not wreaking havoc, often the SES slips from the publics mind, which is where Wear Orange Wednesday (WOW) comes in.

WOW Day is on May 10.

This is a day where the public is encouraged to add a splash of orange to what they wear as a way to say thanks to the SES and the work its volunteers undertake.

Its a day for the community to acknowledge what these people [SES volunteers] do,Phil Hudson, local controller of thePort Stephens SES unit, said.

Were members of the community working in orange, volunteering, for members of the community.

Port Stephens SES will be extra visible in Raymond Terrace on WOW Day.

Members of the unit, dressed in their orange jumpsuits,will be driving around Raymond Terrace in a rescue vehicle.

They will makesix stops around town.

Members of the public are encouraged to say hello and chat with the SES as they make their way around town.

Selfies are also encouraged. As is using the #ThankYouSES hashtag when uploading a photo to social media.

Port Stephens SES will make its way around Raymond Terrace between 9.30am and 1.30pm.

The first stop will be the oval behind Raymond Terrace MarketPlace about 9.30am then Riverside Park (Hunter Street), Terrace Central, NRMA (WilliamStreet), the Aldi car park (entry via Kangaroo Street) and Raymond Terrace Bowling Club.

Times the unit arrive at each location will depend on how many people stop to say helloat the one before.

Members will make their final stop at the bowling club. Here, they will head inside to chat with club-goers and hand out SES paraphernalia.

People only really see us when theyre in trouble, Pam Sharp, the Port Stephens SES community engagement officer, said.

We want to let people know that were here, that they can ask us for help and general information on floods and storms any time.

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